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THE GOVERNMENTS OF ENGLAND

Written by John Fortescue, Charles Plummer
Published by Oxford University Press in 1885

THE GOVERNMENTS OF ENGLAND
Written by John Fortescue, Charles Plummer.
Stock no. 988038
1926. Hardback. Very good condition.

Pages: xxii, 387. Black cloth, gilt lettering. The difference between an absolute and a limited monarchy, with further notes by Plummer. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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Front cover

Cover of THE GOVERNMENTS OF ENGLAND by John Fortescue; Charles Plummer

Contents

  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF AUTHORITIES
  • CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Part I. Constitutional Sketch of the Lancastrian and Yorkist Period (1399-1483)
  • Part II. Life of Sir John Fortescue
  • Part III. Writings, Opinions, and Character of Sir John Fortescue
  • SIR JOHN FORTESCUE ON THE GOVERNANCE OF ENGLAND
  • CRITICAL NOTES
  • GENERAL NOTES
  • APPENDIX A. 'Example what Good Counseill helpith and avantageth, and of the contrare what folowith. Secundum Sr. J. Ffortescu, Knighte'
  • APPENDIX B. 'Articles sente fro the Prince to therle of Warrewic his fadir-in-lawe'
  • APPENDIX C. 'The Replicacion agenst the clayme and title of the Duc off Yorke'
  • APPENDIC D. Fragment of the treatise 'On the Title of the House of York'
  • GLOSSARIAL INDEX
  • GENERAL INDEX